After - Relaced, sewed in a patch covering the entire palm, and added a palm pad. For the palm pad, I used a piece of closed cell foam yoga mat between the original inner and outer palm. I don't know how long that would hold up under heavy use, but this glove won't see that much use. I think it'll be fine, though. I've had it loaned out to my daughter's on and off boyfriend/fiance. He complained about how much it hurt to catch a softball with it. I thought he was exaggerating until last week. I thought of using last week since it was raining, until I warmed up with it (after the patch in the palm, but before the rest of the work). The glove felt like it magnified the shock. The foam pad should help a lot. IF we get to play tomorrow, I'll give it a try. It's rained all but 1 or 2 days of the past 2 weeks, and is to continue through Wed.

After - Relaced, sewed in a patch covering the entire palm, and added a palm pad. For the palm pad, I used a piece of closed cell foam yoga mat between the original inner and outer palm. I don't know how long that would hold up under heavy use, but this glove won't see that much use. I think it'll be fine, though. I've had it loaned out to my daughter's on and off boyfriend/fiance. He complained about how much it hurt to catch a softball with it. I thought he was exaggerating until last week. I thought of using last week since it was raining, until I warmed up with it (after the patch in the palm, but before the rest of the work). The glove felt like it magnified the shock. The foam pad should help a lot. IF we get to play tomorrow, I'll give it a try. It's rained all but 1 or 2 days of the past 2 weeks, and is to continue through Wed.

Thank you! The new palm pad worked! I used it during our league game Sunday since it was wet and misting the entire day (weekend/week), and the glove worked and felt like it should. I'm happy with the results.

Here's my $1.50 Goodwill PRO-701BF. Glove was, or had been very dry, and there were 2 crotch tears that were worse than the pics show. This glove was originally traditional dark tan judging by the unexposed sides of the fingers, but has darkened over time and now has a burgundy tint. The laces were ok, but limp.

After- I sewed the crotch tears with strong button thread. Not one of my better sewing jobs, but it'll do the trick. Cleaned it with Lexol, and conditioned with Leather Lube (beeswax). I re-laced only the fingers and web, and moved the lace from one of those areas to the heel. The lace was some Franklin/Dr Glove lace I bought a couple of years ago. It's a good match color-wise, is thick, and right between 3/16 and 1/4" wide.

Ok, I got the protocol to remove the Sharpie from Ross McNiel. He prefers that you contact him directly rather than have it revealed openly. I will respect his wishes. You can find him on FaceBook under his name, or on IG as @theswingboss. I am not sure if he is active on this forum.

Here's a used custom ProPreferred PROSFM19-10 I picked up about a month ago. Very nice condition, except it was torn completely through between 2 lace holes at the bottom of the web, and the camel laces in the web were stretched and limp. As you can see below, some of the other lace holes were beginning to tear as well.

After - I sewed up the tear and made a reinforcement piece that wraps over the top of the palm. I had a time with that reinforcement piece as it's pretty substantial leather. Punching the holes on the back side was easy, but because the top of the palm has a curve, the front holes don't line up with the back on a flat piece of leather. I had to elongate some of the front holes as I ran the laces. If I did it again, I'd punch the front holes first and make the adjustments on the back side where the holes are hidden under the web. I wanted laces the darker, richer brown Rawlings used on some of the camel and bruciato/camel gloves, but that color seems to be unavailable. I love that combo and contrast. These are Indian Tan, which is a good match to the rich tan on the glove.